Arts
More Artwork 2021, Part Two
6 months on from my last article, I thought I would write another but this time include information on artists and art I aspire to own, rather than just focus on recent purchases, giving me [more…]
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The Autumn 2021 Competition
All Articles published from the 25th October until the 26th November will be eligible. Sadly no holidays abroad as prizes again this year. 1st will receive an engraved Dartington Crystal tankard/glass plus a case of [more…]
20th Century
Mystery Album, Part Five
Last time, our well-travelled Mystery Album photographers took us to South Walsham on a Norfolk Broads wherry holiday. We were left tied up at the present day mooring of Lord Fairford. Since then, the ladies [more…]
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A Holiday in Scotland, Part 3 (Loch Lomond to York )
Leaving Loch Lomond, we travelled down the M74 towards Carlisle and eventually on to the M6 where we took the A66 junction near Penrith, crossing the Pennines and headed towards the A1(M). We arrived in [more…]
20th Century
Mystery Album, Part Four
Having exhausted the train photographs to the middle of our mystery album, with care we shall turn its century-old leaves to the front. Those locomotive photos were from 1925, therefore the next set of reproductions [more…]
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A Holiday in Scotland, Part 2 (Glasgow, Falkirk, Loch Lomond)
You may recall from Part 1 that we had to rearrange our trip to the Falkirk Wheel due to getting stuck in traffic leaving Edinburgh and after our aborted trip we headed to our next [more…]
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A Holiday in Scotland, Part One (Edinburgh)
With our September holiday to Turkey being cancelled in mid-August (it’s been on the red list since May 2021) an alternative destination needed to be found toot suite as myself, Mrs Reggie, Miss Reggie and [more…]
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Postcard From the Lake District
INTRODUCTION Well. Finally. I can cross off my list something I have been meaning to do since the morning of 23 June 2016 when I first commented on GP – contribute an article. There have [more…]
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Travels of the Unvaxxed – or how we had a Med summer holiday
You don’t need me to tell you that the last two years have been unprecedented. Our normal routines disrupted, jobs destroyed, way of life and freedoms removed all in the name of a bug. While [more…]